Box-liner.



C. LI LE.

BOX LINER.

APPLICAHON man MAR.29,1916.

INVENTOR. Clarence LZZe- ATTORNEY.

Patented Apr. 10,1917.

iii fl" Br I barren ILLINOIS, ASSIGNGE TO ILLINQIS, A C0336 BOX-LINER.

Specification of Letters Eatent.

SUPERIQB PRODU G'IS RATION 3F ILLINQIS.

Patented Apr. it 1917..

Application filed March 29, 18-18. Serial No. 87,490.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CLARENCE Linn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Granite City, in the county of Madison and State of lllinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Box-Liners, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof.

hily invention has relation to improvements in box linings; and it consists in the novel features of construction more fully set forth in the specification and oointed out in the claims.

The present invention is directed particul arly to the lining of tobacco and ci boxes which are generally lined with a thin sheet of veneer of wood or suitable composition, the object sought being to secure the lining to the box walls in such a way as to hold the same against longitudinal and rotary displacem nt, and further to secure it in such a ay as to prevent the lining from detaching itself or becoming loose as result of contraction or expansion brought about by variations in atmospheric conditions. The lining as constructed may of course be applied to boxes of any kind, the same not being necessarily restricted in its application to tobacco and cigar boxes, the latter being but a single example of container in which the lining may be used to advantage. The details of the invention and the several advantages accruing therefrom will be apparent from the following description considered in connection with the accompanying drawings in which Figure 1 represents a perspective of a conventional tobacco box with my invention applied thereto with'parts broken. away and lid removed; Fig. 2 is an elevation thereof, the lid being shown in dot-ted position; Fig. 3 is an end view of the wall liner showing the terminal tongue sections at the ends of the meeting edges of the sheet forming the liner; Fig. 4: is an elevation of the bottom of the wall liner showing the locking tongue sections, and an edge view of the bottom or end liner showing the marginal dove-tail rccess for receiving the tongue; Fig. 5 is a top plan of a portion of the end liner showing the marginal clove-tail recess; Fig. 6 is an inside elevation of the upper terminal of the Wall-liner showing'the seam formed by the meeting edges thereof and the clenchers or proi'igs punched from the wall of the box and folded over the liner edge view of F 6 Fig. '4' is a top and Fig. 8 IS a crosssectional detail on the line 88 of F 6.

pri sma veneer or other material, the edge of said. end liner being provided preferably rounded drawings, 1 represents atic sheet metal tobacco at one end and provided with a id L at the opposite end the corners of the as well under- 'l. he closed end or bottom with a sheet 2 of WOO at a convenient point between two adjacent corners of the box, with a marginal dove-tail recess 7 the sides of which are faces on say downward liner bounded by sloping or inclining inward, that is to toward the bottom face oil the The all liner comprises a pliable veneer or equivalent sheet 3 of sufiicient dimensions to co er the entire inner surfaces of the inclosing walls of corners of the sheet, that ners at the meeting and bottom edges 71, vide-d with tongue sc form a single tongue tail recess 1', H

tongl'ic sections ng the be readily that upon insertion 2 2 into the box, the lower is to'say the corends of the edges 0, c, it, (Fig. l) being proctions If, a, which jointly insertible into the dove- .ie outer sides of the respective liming sloping faces w, races in, w, of the recess 9. seen from the for going of the tongue sections the recess 1", the cooperating fa es w, w, of the recess 1 and tongue sections respectively will to be forced or a tight or closed meeting ends of the seam 8 the upper te is afterward cause the tongue drawn together, (lra'wing together the edges 0., c,

seam 8 sections thereby and forming between the free sheet 3. Opposite the rminal of the box wall slit to asuitable depth, thus permitting the bending therefrom of suitable prongs or clenchers 4, 4-, which are folded over the liner 3 on opposite sides of the seam 8, thus clenching the wall liner to the lOOX wall at a point opposite its interlocked connection with the end or bottom liner 2. The bond ing or folding of the prongs 1, 4?, in the manner indicated results in the formation of a V-shaped notch V along the upper edge of the box wall, but

this is subsequently as to be concealed fr covered by the lid L so om view.

Thus it will be seen that the wall liner 3 is anchored at one end to the liner 2, the dove-tail recess 1' holding the wall liner against radial movement or movement inwardly away from the box walls, the wedge shaped faces w, w, on the other hand preventing an opening of the seam s or parting of the edges a, e; and the clenchers 4t, 4:, locking the upper end of the wall liner to the box walls against longitudinal displacement and displacement inwardly or away from the walls. The wall linerwill thus remain anchored to the walls of the box irrespective of any shrinkage or contraction it may undergo as a result of changes in atmospheric conditions. To permit folding of the prongs l, l, over the liner 3, the corners of the latter necessarily must be cut to conform to the V-shaped notch V (Fig. 6).

I do not of course wish to restrict the application of the invention to tobacco or cigar boxes, or to sheet metal boxes or to boxes of aprismatic form. The invention may be applied to any lined receptacle whatsoever and of any form; neither do I wish to be limited to any specific material entering into the construction or composition of the liners.

Having described my invention what I claim is:

1. A box wall-liner comprising a flexible sheet insertible into the box and having its opposite ends brought into abutting relation, and means in the box at one end of the Copies of this patent may be obtained for seam thus formed for drawing said ends into firm engagement.

2. In combination with a box closed at one end, an end liner provided with a marginal dove-tail recess or groove, a wall-liner comprising a flexible sheet disposed along the inner Walls of the box and proportioned to have its free ends come into opposed relation when the sheet is deposited in the box, and suitable tongue sections at adjacent terminals of the free ends aforesaid jointly forming a tongue engaging the dove-tail recess aforesaid.

3. In combination with a'bOX closed at one end, an end liner provided with a marginal dove-tail recess having sidewalls sloping toward the base of the recess, comprising a sheet disposed along the inner walls of the box and proportioned to have its free ends come into contiguous and opposed relation when the sheet is deposited in the box, and suitable tongue sections at adjacent terminals of the free ends of the wall liner forming jointly a tongue insertible into the recess aforesaid, the sides of the tongue being beveled to conform to the slope of the sides of the recess. 1

In testimony whereof I affix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

CLARENCE LILE. Witnesses EMIL STAREK, ELSE M. SIEGEL.

five cents each, by. addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C.

a wall liner 

